Adelaide looked down at Fogell, who was slowly getting to his feet. He seemed to be spending a lot of time on the floor tonight. She looked at Nancy, who was still holding the empty water pitcher. She looked at Dimm, who was playing with her Iphone. She looked at Wit, who was looking at his sister playing with her Iphone. She shook her head in bewilderment.

"What's going on?"

"Your head's been playing Spin the Bottle. Every time it stops to focus on somebody, it speaks in other voices and spews forth insults. I'll show you in a minute, but first I have to take a control picture before you aren't you anymore." Dimm remarked, as she pushed her phone right into Adelaide's face and snapped a picture.

"A ... what ... kind of picture?" Adelaide asked as she tried to disperse the flash of stars that swam in front of her eyes.

"A control picture. When scientists do drug tests, they monitor a control group of people who haven't been given the new drug, and a group that has been given the new drug. They can compare the results to see if the drug is working, or not. I needed a picture of you being you, against the videos of you being - well, not you. I wanted you to compare the difference, just in case you were in any doubt." Dimm explained.

"Videos, what videos? I thought your parents banned you from stalking people with that thing?"

"They did, but this isn't stalking, this is research."

"Research on what?"

"Spinning heads. Here, take a look!" Dimm handed Adelaide her phone.

"It's all set, just hit the play button."

Adelaide did as directed, and squinted at the tiny screen.

"I can't tell what's going on, it's kind of blurry, and everybody's so small," Adelaide stared at the phone, cocking her head from one side to the other.

Fogell walked over to the two girls and held his hand out, making sure to keep a safe distance from Adelaide.

"I can put the images on your computer, and you can see  them full screen on the monitor. Your lap top is still out of commission, but the power's been back on long enough for me to get some juice out of the computer at the reception desk."

Adelaide gave him the phone. "Thanks Fogell. I keep forgetting you're a computer genius."

Nancy gave Adelaide a funny look, trying to figure out if she had just insulted Fogell. She rather liked Fogell. She sort of hoped that hanging around with him might make her smarter. So far she hadn't had much luck.

Fogell walked over to the resort's reception desk, and went around behind it. He fished in one of the pockets of his cargo pants for a connection cord. He regularly carried computer related gear with him, just in case. He connected the phone to the computer's USB port and brought up the video that Dimm had just taken.

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This is a closed collaboration between Colm and myself.

This is a spoof of a horror story. Everything campy, silly, and just plain dumb about horror stories is likely to show up here.

Adelaide Doodlelips helps her parents run a year round resort in a mountain range in Ireland. Things seem to go wrong at this resort rather consistently - people die rather consistently. There may be a serial killer on the loose, or Adelaide's parents are just really really bad managers.

Characters:

Adelaide Doodlelips: Main character, Nancy's best friend.
Age: 19
Occupation: University student, while helping her parents with the Resort
Appearance: Average looking, but her appearance changes. She is constantly being possessed by entities, and her appearance changes depending on whether she is possessed by something good or evil.

Simon Buttkisser: A sleazebag.
Age: 34
Occupation: Adelaide & Nancy's biology professor. He threatens to lower Adelaide's grades if she doesn't sleep with him.

Twins Dimm and Witless Freakshow :
Dimm - girl Wit - boy
Age: 16
Occupation: High school students who are Sherlock Holmes fans. They try to be junior sleuths, but they keep messing up the clues.
They'll keep popping up all through the story, trying to help, but mostly just getting in the way.

Nancy: The dumb blonde. Adelaide's best friend. Of Average intelligence, but she's shy and naive, socially inept, but an honest, good person.
Age: 22
Ocupation: University classmate of Adelaide's. It took her three years to complete the entrance exams, because she got so nervous, she kept running out.

Fogell: The nerdy male character who has the hots for Adelaide
Age: 22
Occupation: A computer whiz. He helps Adelaide's parents at the resort. He's so shy around Adelaide he keeps fainting when she's near.

updated Jul 17 '11 by moonwalker